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York Wilson: A KAG Fundraiser

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Internet-only (timed) auction

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Curated

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190 Kent Street West, Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, K9V 2Y6. CANADA. tel: 705-917-3630

Started:
20th May, 2021
Ended: 3rd Jun, 2021
View: Kawartha Lakes Auctions Ontario Auctions
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Curated presents an online auction in support of the Kawartha Art Gallery featuring a selection of paintings, collages, prints and drawings by the Canadian abstract artist, York Wilson (1907-1984). The collection of 29 works by York Wilson was gifted to Kawartha Art Gallery by the York Wilson Foundation for the Visual Arts. All the York Wilson artworks are framed and in excellent condition. All pieces are either signed and dated by the artist or are authenticated by the York Wilson Foundation for the Visual Arts. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Wilson had a few years of formal education at the Central Technical School in Toronto, after which he began working as a commercial artist. In 1949 Wilson visited Mexico and spent time in San Miguel. This trip changed Wilson and he decided to step away from commercial art for good and dedicate his focus to painting full time. Wilsons art style developed rapidly because of his willingness to explore not only the physical world but himself as well. During a trip to Paris in 1966, Wilson had two dreams of geometric painting.Geometric paintings then became Wilsons style between the years 1966 to 1971, with Wilson finding himself unable to paint in any other style. York Wilson received two of his largest commissions in 1954 and 1958 when he was asked to paint a mural for the entrance of the new Imperial Oil Building in Toronto and to complete a mural for the lobby of the new OKeefe Centre, now called Meridian Hall.Quotes about York Wilson:I found that your vision and interpretation of the theme was equally matched by its exciting and excellent execution. To me, it is a most stimulating and compelling major creative effort, and one which very well could prove to be a milestone in Canadian art. Lawren Harris, founding member of the Group of SevenYork Wilson is a key figure in relating us to both the old visual world of realism and to the new resonating world of touch and echo and pattern and that there is a rich story of experiment and discovery and dialogue that emerged in an art that is calm, serious, and splendid. Marshall McLuhan, Communications theoristFor more information about the KAG visit www.kawarthagallery.comPreview Image: Broken Red by York Wilson